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Benson High Principal
Curtis Wilson Jr.
inspires students by
teaching a Zumba
dance class earlier
this year. The school
administrator was just
named Oregon High
School Principal of
the Year.
Principal of the Year
Benson’s Curtis
Wilson Jr. named top
school leader
Curtis Wilson Jr. of Benson has been
named the Oregon High School Principal
of the Year.
Week
in
Review
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Portland Public Schools will eliminate
about 35 positions and realign and con-
solidate a number of departments at the
district’s central office, Superintendent
Guadalupe Guerrero announced Mon-
day. The moves were aimed at protecting
high-priority areas such as school staffing
and the district’s racial equity priorities in
the wake of budget and strategic planning
changes, Guerrero said.
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The USS Portland was put into service in
front of over 5,000 onlookers in a Portland
waterfront ceremony Saturday celebrating
the first Navy ship named after the Rose City.
Under construction since 2013 and chris-
tened in February 2016, the San-Diego based
ship was dubbed by Mayor Ted Wheeler as a
‘force for peace’ at the ceremony.
Navy Ship Draws Protest
10 different organizations protested the
USS Portland’s commissioning ceremony
Saturday. Protesting U.S. involvement in
foreign wars, the Portland Democratic So-
cialists of America were among the groups
who marched from Northwest 21st Ave-
“Caught me completely off guard,” Wil-
son said of learning about the honor Thurs-
day. “I did not expect that at all.”
The award, administered by the Confed-
eration of Oregon School Administrators
and the Oregon Association of Secondary
School Administrators, makes Wilson eli-
c ontinued on p aGe 15
nue to the gates of the waterfront terminal
where Saturday’s ceremony was taking
place.
Burgerville Workers Unionize
Burgerville is now the only fast food chain
in the nation that must legally oblige a fed-
erally recognized workers union. Employ-
ees of the Burgerville on Southeast 92nd
Avenue and Powell ended a two-day elec-
tion Monday night that saw an 18-4 vote
in favor of the establishing The Burgerville
Workers Union to negotiate for wage in-
creases, affordable healthcare, and other
benefits.
Driver Plows into Pedestrians
The driver of a rental van plowed into a
crowd of pedestrians in Toronto Monday,
killing 10 and injuring 15 more in what
authorities say was a deliberate act of vi-
olence. The suspect, Alek Minassian, 25,
was put in custody shortly after leaving be-
hind a mile long trail of destruction.
Prince Ingested Counterfeit Pills
A Minnesota prosecutor said Thursday
that Prince likely mistakenly ingested a
counterfeit pain killer that he thought was
Vicodin but instead was laced with the
dangerously powerful drug fentanyl prior
to his death. The Carver County Attorney
Mark Metz said no criminal charges would
be filed for his death and that the artist had
suffered years of pain and pain medication
addition.
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